Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)

Kothagudem
Kothagudem
Constituency for the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Telangana
District	Bhadradri Kothagudem
Total electors	2,18,146
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Vanama Venkateswara Rao
Party	TRS
Elected year	2018

Kothagudem Assembly constituency is a constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of constituencies in Bhadadri Kothadugem District. It includes the towns of Kothagudem and Palwancha and part of Khammam Lok Sabha constituency.

Vanama Venkateswara Rao is representing the constituency for the 4th time. He served has a minister for Vaidya Vidhana Parishad in the year 2007–09, and played a key role in formulating the 108 ambulance service and "aarogya sri" scheme. He served as DCC president for Khammam district from 1999 to 2014 and was again re-appointed in 2019 for Bhadradri Kothagudem district.

Mandals[]

The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:

Mandal
Kothagudem
Palwancha
Sujatanagar
Chunchupally
Laxmidevipalli

Election results[]

Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018[]

Telangana Assembly Elections, 2018:Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TRS	Jalagam Venkat Rao	76,979
	INC	Vanama Venkateswara Rao	81,118

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2009[]

Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections, 2009:Kothagudem (Assembly constituency)
	Candidate	Votes	%
CPI	Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao	47,028	32.89%
INC	Vanama Venkateswara Rao	45,024	31.49%
PRP	Adavalli Krishna	38,876	27.19%

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Members of Legislative Assembly[]

List of Elected Members to Kothagudem Constituency.^[2]

Year	Member
2009	Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2014	Jalagam Venkat Rao	Telangana Rashtra Samithi
2018	Vanama Venkateswara Rao	Indian National Congress

Trivia[]

In 2018 Telangana Assembly Elections Vanama venkatesawara rao is the only MLA from BC community in the congress party.
He is the only MLA in Telangana legislative assembly, who has won more times after Uttam Kumar Reddy in congress(4 times)

References[]

^ "IndiaVotes | India's largest election database".
^ "Kothagudem Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Kothagudem, Telangana". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

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[1] "IndiaVotes | India's largest election database".

[2] "Kothagudem Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Kothagudem, Telangana". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

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